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Read directory contents recursively

Read all contents from current directory and display it on stdout.
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find . |while read f;do echo "$f";done

unixmonkey8504 · 2010-03-02 14:21:15 7
List running procceses
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ps -e

binarysys · 2009-02-18 01:25:04 7
Start a new shell as root

Opens a new shell as root. Useful if you want to run a lot of commands as superuser without needing to sudo each of them. Show Sample Output
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```
Password:
sh-3.2#
```
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sudo su

Vulpine · 2009-02-18 14:03:27 14
"Reset" file permissions

WARNING! This command may set an invalid permission under your current directory. This command will set the 0644 permissions to all files under your current directory. An alternative version of this command is: find ~/.ssh -type f -exec chmod 0600 {} \;
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find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;

osantana · 2009-02-18 14:36:39 5
Lists installed kernels
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rpm -qa kernel

rubiojr · 2011-03-15 15:34:24 3
The single most useful thing in bash

This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows ? i.e. type "cd /" and press the up arrow and you'll search through everything in your history that starts with "cd /". Show Sample Output
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```
# copy/paste 
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set completion-ignore-case on
```
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vim ~/.inputrc

ekinertac · 2013-04-23 02:50:11 4
list with full path

Also lists hidden files, current dir and topdir.
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for file in * .*; do echo $PWD/$file; done

marek158 · 2011-12-16 13:42:07 3
Move all files with common extension to current directory

This is useful if you have a collection of files in folders (for example, a bunch of .zip files that are contained in folders) and you want to move them all to a common folder.
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mv `find .zip ./` .

smcpherson · 2009-03-27 04:42:48 14
ls -lR with a full path

I find the ouput of ls -lR to be un-satisfying (why is the path data up there?) and find syntax to be awkward. Running 'du -a' means you will have likely to trim-off filesize data before feeding filenames to the next step in the pipe.
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tar -cvf /dev/null . | while read i; do ls -l $i; done

lbonanomi · 2009-09-16 16:59:15 8
Convert JSON to YAML

Valid JSON is a subset of YAML; no transformation is necessary; however, YAML has many syntax features that are not valid JSON, so you can't do the reverse as easily.
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cat data.json >data.yml

Mozai · 2013-04-25 04:09:58 6
List all file and directory on user's home with details
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ls /home/user | xargs ls -lhR | less

servermanaged · 2009-03-13 10:38:46 16
before writing a new script

write first line `#!`
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{ echo -n '#!'; which bash; } > script.sh

kev · 2012-02-06 01:03:22 13
Various git commands

g clone --local --bare . /repo.git g remote add alias /repo.git g push alias branch g log -p filename g checkout SHA1_rev g reset --hard g checkout -b new_branch g ls-files --deleted Show Sample Output
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```
g clone --local --bare . /repo.git
g remote add alias /repo.git
g push alias branch

g log -p filename

g checkout SHA1_rev
g reset --hard
g checkout -b new_branch

g ls-files --deleted
```
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alias g='git'

evandrix · 2012-08-31 05:12:56 4
get current tty name

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/4-ways-to-identify-who-is-logged-in-on-your-linux-system/
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who am i

kev · 2011-12-23 03:30:47 8
use .ssh file to login the server

use .ssh file to login the server
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ssh root@172.16.1.99 -i my_openssh_key.ssh -p 9999

motopig · 2013-03-10 12:37:19 6
extract .ace file

extracting .ace files yay
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unace x [file]

Bonster · 2011-12-25 06:58:04 5
it's an alias to summon the command history only for lazy people well for busy too

typing history it's a long way but typing only h it's my way it works in whatever distro or OSes or shells that you use, you know, only for easyness :) Show Sample Output
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```
............
  448  df
  449  ./wlan111
  450  mc
  451  htop
  452  history
  453  activate modulos/wine-1.1.6.lzm
  454  wine POV-Ray/bin/pvengine.exe
  455  df
  456  umount /mnt/myfs
  457  xfs_repair /dev/loop/24
  458  umount /mnt/myfs1
  459  xfs_repair /dev/loop/25
  460  dmesg
  ...........
```
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alias h='history'

ximo88 · 2009-04-28 11:20:03 4
floating point operations in shell scripts
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echo $((3.0/5.0))

andrew112358 · 2009-09-03 16:35:09 7
restart network manager

when I turn on my wifi, I always have to put in this command in order to make my laptop notice the wifi.
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sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

StephSD3 · 2009-02-16 07:30:54 86
Informations sur les connexions reseau

Affiche des infos detaillees sur vos connexions reseaux. Port en ?coute, protocole, paquets, adresses, ustilisateur, PID etc...
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netstat -taupe

farwarx · 2009-05-25 12:46:38 5
Mail enable a distribution group

To disable the requirement for the sender to be authenticated: Set-DistributionGroup -Identity Name-of-Dist-Group -RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled $false To disable the group: disable-DistributionGroup Name-of-Dist-Group
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Enable-DistributionGroup Name-of-Dist-Group

shawn_abdushakur · 2014-01-07 18:49:07 9
netstat -luntp
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netstat -luntp

lunarblu · 2010-04-14 19:54:17 18
ramdomize echo 'hello world!'

ramdomize the execution of the command echo 'hello world!'
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(($RANDOM%6)) || echo 'hello world!'

luishka · 2009-05-27 08:11:08 12
Empty Trash in Gnome When the Trash Can Refuses to Clear

Empty the trash when the icon stay in the non-empty state source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/blog/phoenixrising-455874/2009/3/3/how-to-empty-trash-in-gnome-when-the-trash-can-refuses-to-clear-1660/
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rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/*

elwillow · 2009-03-30 21:34:12 5
cd into the latest directory
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cd -

unixmonkey14106 · 2011-06-24 23:10:10 3
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Type strait into a file from the terminal.

Takes input from the connected terminal and dumps it to the specified file. Stop writing and close file with control + D or the end of line character. Useful for copying+pasting large blobs of text over SSH to a new machine.

Make a thumbnail image of first page of a PDF.

convert is included in ImageMagick. Don't forget the [X] (where X is the page number). [0] is the first page of the PDF.

Center text in console with simple pipe like

Center the output text in max line length of buffered output pipe;

Install pip with Proxy

Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Recursive find and replace file extension / suffix (mass rename files)

Find recursively all files in ~/Notes with the extension '.md' and pipe that via xargs to rename command, which will replace every '.md' to '.txt' in this example (existing files will not be overwritten).

Cleanly manage tempfiles in scripts

Cleanly create tempfiles using mktemp and remove them using traps instead of removing them in the end of the script. This way, you make sure the tempfiles are removed properly even if the script is killed or interrupted. For a user script in KDE4, you can set TMPROOT using : $ TMPROOT=$(kde4-config --path tmp)

Put public IP address in a variable

Unix commandline history substitution like ^foo^bar BUT for multiple replacements

#1 You invoked a command chain. #2 You globaly replace the scriptnames and execute them direct #3 The new executed command chain [# ^foo^bar] would only replace the firts match [foo] with [bar].

Setting global redirection of STDERR to STDOUT in a script

You have a script where =ALL= STDERR should be redirected to STDIN and you don't want to add "2>&1" at the end of each command... E.G.: $ ls -al /foo/bar 2>&1 Than just add this piece of code at the beginning of your script! I hope this can help someone. :)

Show Shared Library Mappings

shows which shared lib files are pointed to by the dynamic linker.

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